localhost megaman5 # emerge --force --sync
usage: emerge [options]

emerge: error: no such option: --force
localhost megaman5 #
localhost megaman5 # rm /usr/portage/metadata/timestamp.chk
localhost megaman5 # emerge --sync
>>> Starting rsync with rsync://134.68.220.73/gentoo-portage...
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(506) [receiver=3.0.0pre10]
>>> Retrying...


>>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://64.127.121.98/gentoo-portage
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(506) [receiver=3.0.0pre10]
>>> Retrying...


>>> Starting retry 2 of 3 with rsync://134.68.220.97/gentoo-portage
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(506) [receiver=3.0.0pre10]
>>> Retrying...


>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://140.211.166.165/gentoo-portage
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(506) [receiver=3.0.0pre10]
>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3
localhost megaman5 #